PHYSICS
by Kate McAlpine
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if you’re curious about how the universe works, physics is a great place to start. Physics allows us to understand the complex world around us by breaking things down to basic building blocks and simple rules; then, we can use these basics to explain what makes the rest of the world and the cosmos tick. it’s an exciting discipline pursued from the subatomic scale to the galactic, and applied in fields ranging from medicine to energy. Here, we explore a few of the ways this ancient discipline is taking us into the future.
8 imagine
Sept/Oct 2011
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - September/October 2011